by soniachopra | Mar 20, 2020 | Endodontic Case Study
Is bone slow to heal? You bet. This is always something I remind my patients and my referring dentists of: bone is slow to heal and regenerate after root canal therapy. So you must be patient when assessing healing of your root canals. My typical recall protocol is to...
by soniachopra | Feb 28, 2020 | Endodontic Case Study
I recently had a patient come to me because she was concerned about a separated file that had broken in her tooth years ago, and she was having pain in that quadrant. After a thorough evaluation, I was able to diagnose the culprit as Tooth #20 with Symptomatic...
by soniachopra | Feb 21, 2020 | Endodontic Case Study, Endodontics
Silver points can sometimes be an endodontist’s worst nightmare. There is a reason why we don’t use them anymore. In fact, the AAE recommends against the continued use of silver points, since it has been shown to be clinically problematic. Silver points can corrode...
by soniachopra | Feb 7, 2020 | Endodontic Case Study, Endodontics
I was recently at the Ultradent Key Opinion Leader meeting, and I have to say I learned a lot! Specifically, it made me think about my patients with discoloration. Should I be reconsidering some of my bleaching cases and their protocol? To Bleach, or Not To Bleach? I...
by soniachopra | Nov 1, 2019 | Endodontic Case Study
Who says a dentist isn’t a doctor? Sometimes I wish medical school had a dental component to their curriculum. You will understand why I say this with our next tooth story. It just might blow your mind! When it comes to medical issues that don’t obviously...
by soniachopra | Sep 28, 2019 | Endodontic Case Study
Often we forget about the possibilities inside of teeth. It’s so easy to say that a tooth is cracked when it appears to be failing. Here is a tooth story that demonstrates another possibility of what is actually happening on the inside. In this case, it’s all...
